'Valley of the Heart' Community Conversations Revisit Japanese American Internment and Redress, and Envision a More United America Amidst news of family separations and migrant caravans at the Mexico-United States border, Luis Valdez’s Valley of the Heart—onstage October 30 – December 9, 2018—could not have come to the Taper at a more pertinent moment. 'Valley of the Heart' Community Conversations Revisit Japanese American Internment and Redress, and Envision a More United America
Different Coasts, Same Problems It’s easy to take the cold weather attire and accents of the characters of Sweat to mean that the problems they face are endemic to industrial East Coast towns. Yet the reality for so many Angelenos is all too similar to that of the Reading, Pennsylvania working-class characters in Lynn Nottage’s searing play (onstage August 29 – October... Different Coasts, Same Problems
Stitching Together Craft, Family, and Community in Boyle Heights On a Saturday morning in June, a multigenerational group of friends and family gathered around sewing machines and bolts of colorful fabrics at Center Theatre Group’s The Shop. Stitching Together Craft, Family, and Community in Boyle Heights
From Product Design to Props A peace pipe. A vial of arsenic. A mango-wheat beer. A necklace that can ward off evil spirits. An intricately carved jewelry box. From Product Design to Props
Can Music Make Democracy? At first glance, the words jazz and politics do not necessarily sound like harmonious ideas. Can Music Make Democracy?
Orientalism and the Portrayal of Asian Americans in Musicals Theatre makers around the country are grappling with cultural appropriation and nontraditional casting right now. But the Asian American speakers at a recent Community Conversation are also coming to terms with their own “internal crisis” about beloved (but problematic) classics like Miss Saigon and The King and I.... Orientalism and the Portrayal of Asian Americans in Musicals